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Warrant
to search Badal’s property validated till July 30
Kharar, July 19
A court here today extended the
date of search warrants of the properties of the family of former Punjab
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal till July 30. These warrants were
issued earlier and returnable till July 20.
Pro-VC submits files against VC’s associates
Patiala, July 19
Punjabi University Pro-Vice Chancellor Dr R.N. Pal, who has recently been divested of all his powers by Vice Chancellor Swaran Singh
Boparai, has attacked two close associates of the VC by submitting some papers against them in a bid to corner the VC in case no action is taken in the matter.
Door
shut on private candidates
Ropar, July 19
The education department has
decided to deny admission in government schools to those who have passed
their matriculation examinations as private candidates. The directions
regarding this have been issued verbally to government schools in the
district.
Consensus
on Trust nominees reached
Probe
against bureaucrats in final stages: ADGP
Hoshiarpur, July 19
Mr Anil Kaushik, Additional
Director-General Police, Lokpal, Punjab, said the inquiry into 50
cases against various bureaucrats of Punjab cadre was being done by
him and was now in the final stages. He was talking to mediapersons at
the local PWD Rest House here today.
Roshni guides their steps
Rajpura, July 19
Rupa Rani spent 17 years of her life on all the fours. Born with weak lower limbs, made dysfunctional by repeated attacks of polio, she never thought she could measure the earth with her steps anymore. Until one day her legs were nursed back to life by the Rajpura-based home for the disabled kids — Roshni — which runs a comprehensive rehabilitation programme involving corrective surgery of polio ridden and other handicapped kids, followed by their education and final settlement.
Home is where love is
Siswan (Ropar), July 19
Khushia, the hero of an award-winning novel, “Karmanwali”, based on a true story about the reunion of a Pakistani woman with her long lost Indian son, broken by the Tribune some 23 years ago, has been located living peacefully in a village near Chandigarh.
Contingency
plan to tackle floods
Bathinda, July 19
The district administration has
earmarked a room in the Circuit House for the District and Sessions
Judge to hold his court there in case rain water floods the court
complex.
Gobind
Fort falls to monsoon
Bathinda, July 19
The 1,800-year-old Gobind
Fort, in the heart of this town that withstood a number of
attacks failed to face the fury of monsoon. A portion of its
120-foot high wall collapsed yesterday after heavy rain.
A portion of the 1,800-year-old Gobind Fort that collapsed due to heavy rain in Bathinda on Friday.
— Photo Kulbir Beera |
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Law
to deal with ‘runaway’ NRI grooms
Kapurthala, July 19
The Punjab Government is
contemplating to enact a law to book NRI bridegrooms who commit fraud
with Indian brides. This was disclosed here today by Mr Balbir Singh,
MP, who is also the vice-patron of the NRI Sabha, Punjab, while
addressing mediapersons.
Helplines
to make policing effective
Hoshiarpur, July 19
To make community policing more
effective in Hoshiarpur district people-friendly helplines for women,
children, senior citizens, NRIs and drug de-addiction have started
functioning in Community Policing Resource Centre (CPRC) here from
Saturday.
Focus
on urban estates in PUDA budget proposals
Pathankot, July 19
“The Punjab Urban Planning and
Development Authority has decided to construct nearly 8,800 houses in
this financial year, 40 per cent of which will be for the poor,” Mr
Raghunath Sahai Puri, Punjab Housing and Development Minister, said
here today.
Man dies
while extinguishing fire
Mansa, July 19
Hardeep Singh, son of Mr Gurtej
Singh of Sardulewala village in Sardulgarh subdivision in the
district, died last night while trying to extinguish as fire in the
house of Bira Singh, son of Billu Singh, in the village, which caught
fire around 9 p.m. yesterday.
Ferozepore
faces problems galore
Ferozepore, July 19
Rain may be a boon for the
farmers, but as far as the residents of this city are concerned, it
has proven to be a nightmare as it brings lots of problems for them.
Even a slight drizzle inundates the town, particularly the interiors
and the low-lying areas. The bumpy roads dotted with potholes become a
cesspool of slush and the faulty sewerage further adds to the woes.
Minorities
unsafe, says Akali faction
Jalandhar, July 19
The Akali Dal (Amritsar) has
opposed the candidature of India for a permanent membership of the UN
Security Council for not being a signatory to various international
conventions and treaties related to the rights of minorities.
No
provident fund even after 6 months
Fazilka, July 19
Most of the teachers and
employees of the Education Department, Punjab, who have retired during
the past six months have not received the GPF deposited by them.
HIGH COURT
Councillors
seek security
Chandigarh, July 19
Taking up a petition filed by
Patti Municipal Committee members belonging to the Shiromani Akali
Dal, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the state of
Punjab, the director general of police, and other respondents to
protect the life and liberty of the petitioners till elections of
president and vice-president were over.
Quick
justice depends upon lawyers, says CJ
Jalalabad, July 19
“If justice delayed is justice
denied then justice hurried is justice buried” said Chief Justice
B.K. Roy of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in his address at Tehsil
Complex here after formally inaugurating the courts which had started
functioning from July 12. He said courts should adopt a middle path to
preserve the spirit of justice.
Police remand in medical goods scam
Kharar, July 19
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) today produced Navdeep Arora, accused of supplying inferior quality goods to the government medical colleges of Punjab, before the court of Kharar Judicial Magistrate, Mrs Baljinder Kaur Bhatia. The court remanded him in police custody till July 22.
8
booked for thrashing complainant
Ferozepore, July 19
The police has registered a
criminal case against eight persons, including the son of an SHO, who
was caught by the Vigilance Bureau while allegedly taking a bribe of
Rs 5,000 on Tuesday, on the charge of thrashing Ashu Sharma, the
complainant in the case.
Poppy
husk worth Rs 12 lakh seized
Bathinda, July 19
A police party of the Rampura
Phul area today seized 81 bags of poppy husk worth Rs 12 lakh from a
truck carrying bags of marble chips near Gurusar village. The police
party also arrested Rakesh Kumar, a resident of Akalia village of this
district, in the case.
Another
forgery case against Jains
Dera Bassi, July 19
Another case of forgery and
breach of trust came to a fore against Ramesh Jain, the main accused
in a forgery case, after the local branch of the State Bank of
Patiala, complained against him at the local police station.
Cyclist
crushed to death
Lalru, July 19
Kaka Singh (30), a resident of
Lalru village, was crushed to death by a car while he was on his way
to join duty in a milk products manufacturing industry at Sarseeni
village on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway, near here, this morning.
1
killed, 4 hurt in car-truck collision
Ropar, July 19
One person was killed and four
others were injured, two of them seriously, in a head-on collision
between an Accent car (PB-10-AP-6353) and a Tata-407 truck
(HP-12-9463) near the village of Jandala on the Nangal-Anandpur Sahib
road at about 5.30 pm today.
Armed
men loot Rs 13.32 lakh
Mansa, July 19
Rs 13.32 lakh was looted by an
armed gang of over 12 persons at Boha village of the Budhlada
subdivision of the district yesterday.
Bank seals Bakeman’s unit
Patiala, July 19
The oldest and the most prominent industrial house, Bakeman’s, suffered a jolt with a Maharashtra bank sealing its factory on the outskirts of the city here yesterday.
The factory was sealed as the industries had reneged on a promise to repay a loan of Rs 15 crore to the State Industrial Corporation of Maharashtra.
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